the new year..

back, after a busy few weeks.. :) am not back with a million pix this time though, not to worry.. ;)

ok, from where i left off.. this was at whit's house during her xmas party.. the house was nice decorated, and certainly, the food and tree brought out the festive season so well :D


super act cute!!

arggh? k was just damn tired from the long day. was quite sad i missed the food which was apparently pretty good! there was ham, turkey and chicken, and well lotsa other things. but i was too full to eat anymore..



repeat pix? but the flash was just lousy. haha

i think that week was mugging week or sth.. i can't remember what i did. except tt i burnt a hefty sum at the Zara sale.. the first days are always so tempting. there are always still some sizes that I can wear, so i am just 'inclined' to buy things.. guess their ploy worked.. :p

then on another day (30th dec), we went down to catch Maria Sharapova Live.. what a stupid name honestly. its not like she can play a match by herself. the damn national stadium - it was so irritating, pouring like mad, yet the retarded guards fenced up the only way to walk to the restaurants that is sheltered. we ended up having 7-11 for dinner, how pathetic was tt?! well, cm and yuanhong had tix together, whilst my tix was with the other tennis guys, so after our hasty 7-11 dinner (grr), i met the other guys b4 heading in.

yes, they were super on, and made a huge sign for the underdog - anna chadvetadze. haha, it had to be the hugest sign in the stadium, and she waved when she saw.. :p


me and kat, our seats were a row behind the our guys..


this was shi being interviewed by the new paper - apparently, his quote came out in the papers. but whatever it was, it was certainly not v memorable since i have no impression anymore

this is anna - she was so nice, signing all the huge signboards my friends made for her.. guess their efforts didn't go to waste! :)

and a pix of maria since its maria sharapova live :P its so sad i didn't get her to sign anything for me since I am a fan of hers.. :p

this was the final score.. the first set was really, not very interesting as u can see from the scoreline. but things started getting more intense towards the end, where rallies got longer, and you can finally see their true abilities on display. i think that what the pros do so much better than us ordinary folk, is their ability to hit while being off balance, i.e. being stretched by their opponents. while most of us would put a tame ball into the net, these players can give some back, with extra heat! coolness. yes, i truly enjoyed myself, though as usual, i was supremely tired. sighs!

and so it came to new year's eve, then day! i didn't manage to go for any count down - was feeling under the weather and plus, impending exams dampened my mood. just went for a buffet with my family - the lazy kind. ala carte buffet!! u just sit and circle, and food appears in droves. oh my, there was just sooo much food, i think i had 4 desserts to myself! crap, i think i've been eating so much recently, my atheromas must be ready to burst. anws, as the fireworks exploded at marina bay (i could hear it from my house), i peered out my window to see the most interesting sight! there were these strange lights tt flew into the night sky.. they looked like little fireworks ready to explode in all their glory, except they didn't. instead their brightness intensified to a steady pink glow, and they just flew around. UFOs? i dunno. some of them then landed on a ship. hot stuff!

fast forward to after patho!!! met my jc class for lunch! we headed down to cluny court, all ready to pounce on the delicious burgers at relish hungry as we were after exhausting much glucose during the brain sapping patho exams. sadly, those pple at relish decided they needed a day off after toiling much on new year's day. oooh well!

in the end, we went to this quaint lil cafe called honey and milk at binjai park. the place was small, and the owner was really friendly. had a cheap bowl of pho, which was pretty good! though lunch was short, we had a really good talk b4 yx flew off to brisbane :)

in the afternoon, tea was beckoning as the damn cofm lectures bored us to tears. we drove down to this place in dempsey called house/barracks/camp. it is a 3-in-1 concept kinda restaurant, which is really cool! i liked the decor, with the huge full panelled glass windows over looking a great many greenery even though pretty much everyone else seemed to disagree. ok, this pix does not capture what i am trying to depict, but i am sure yr vivid imagination can paint a mental pix

a mix of army style decor with a modern twist

the desserts come served in a army tin

the fabled fries cooked in truffle oil. their fragrance was whaffing thru the air as they just sat there!

yummmm!

ahhh, look at the windows!

this was the menu which i thot was really nice! i like how the tables enable u to see everyone's feet - that is, when u've not began eating ;)

this evange, can't even take a pix of pple reading the menu - she inevitably pops her head up and poses!!!

my dessert was a green tea tiramisu, errr, i think. it was good, but apparently, not good enough for me to actually remember what it tasted like. ooops.

yup, have been doing my community health project (CHP) these days. quite busy partly cuz i am a subgroup leader, but its a welcome break from the hospital. its fun getting to interact and work with pple once again. feels more human than in the hospital somehow.

nope, no new year resolutions. what's the point when pple all live for the moment anyway?